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But we do have an oversight function. i'm new to the house intelligence committee but the house intelligence committee is not new to its oversighted role over the intelligence community. so, congress does have a role to play in this investigation, but we don't investigate crime because we're north very good at it. abby: congressman, what do you think they will end up finding at the end of this? >> i don't know. and i guess, you know, i was a prosecutor for 16 years. i guess it's easy for me to kind of turn off the speculative part in my mind. and i would encourage awful your viewers, we're goi...

The people who were doing that vigorously. and with all my might, and to have their backs at a reasonable moment, you have my word that it will do that. there's a second piece to this as well, i think, that is important and you hit upon it. which is i think we have an obligation as leaders to share with the american people all that we can about what is going on and what is not going on, and to do so in a truthful and complete manner. it is part of why i feel the oversight function is so important. to the extent we are surprising people, whether we are surprising levers of congress or we are su...

With that, mike, i'm certain from your experience on the hipcy and your involvement in the house select committee on benghazi investigation, you understand how valuable intelligence can be to oversight. if asked by the committee, will you provide the raw intelligence and sourcing behind agency finished products and assessments if in fact this committee needs it to complete its job? >> senator, i have been on the other side of this and i know how central it is to make sure you have all that you need to perform your oversight function for intelligence collection activities and all that the agenc...

Fully understood the role that you have as cia director to keep this committee well-informed. i expressed to you my frustration of questioning members of the intelligence committee and then finding that there was more to the story and that there were omissions at times, not deception, but omissions. and even more frustrating, reading in the paper the next day leaks that have come from the administration, not necessarily the cia. and i think that erodes the trust that is essential for us to perform our oversight function, which is absolutely critical, since you don't have the regular oversight ...

And constitutional way. and then when we are, to defend the people who were doing that vigorously with all my might to have their backs at every moment. you have my word i will do that. there's a second piece to this as well, i think, that's important and you hit upon it which is we have an obligation as leaders to share with the american people all that we can about what's going on and what's not going on and to do so in a truthful and complete manner. it's part of why the oversight function is so important to the extent we're surprising people whether we're surprising members of congress or ...